Thread: Seriousness Should I switch to Ubuntu, or stay with Windows XP?
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Old 05-08-2009, 02:40 PM   #73
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Originally Posted by astra View Post
Linux is very capable but is very unfriendly.

If you are a computer geek, if you don't mind buying new hardware then go hunting for drivers, tweaking settings here and there.
I didn't need any new hardware. Ubuntu installed all my drivers for me. XP would not have done the same.

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Things you never think about when using Windows XP, some settings that are only text files and you must understand how to change them, etc., then go ahead.
Text files.... how mysterious, and difficult to change... as opposed to the Windows registry, which is really easy to understand and change.

Do you actually have experience with this, or are you going by rumor?
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